71 Dart 410 stroker ..
Well...bad weekend at Bakersfield...left house at 6 15 am....finally cleared traffic on freeway at 7 am....towing directly into head wind...old dodge could only muster about 55 mph...burned 22 gallons of gas to Barstow. There is a few good size mountains to go over....but the head wind .....finally got to track at 1 30 pm....could not believe it took almost 6 hours to get there...
unload car....in 4 passes car runs a best of 10.46 at 126 mph...great 60 fts...1.400...and 1.402...but....3 rd pass we hear a exhaust leak...tighten up header....still leaks.....come back will giant header leak.....NO. 7 header tube is blown all to hell....see picture....after discussion,,,,fellow racer offers to take it home and weld it back together....header come off very easy...could not believe it...but Qa1 k member and no torsion bar sure helps....I guess all the money i spend on front end pays off..
guy does a beautiful job of welding it back together.....get the header back on in record time..did not have to take starter off either...only had to not tie rod and pitman arm off center link. fire engine 10 minutes before 1st time run...the guy is Justin Crosby from Lancaster Cal....just a shout out for him.....
Well...bad weekend at Bakersfield...left house at 6 15 am....finally cleared traffic on freeway at 7 am....towing directly into head wind...old dodge could only muster about 55 mph...burned 22 gallons of gas to Barstow. There is a few good size mountains to go over....but the head wind .....finally got to track at 1 30 pm....could not believe it took almost 6 hours to get there...
unload car....in 4 passes car runs a best of 10.46 at 126 mph...great 60 fts...1.400...and 1.402...but....3 rd pass we hear a exhaust leak...tighten up header....still leaks.....come back will giant header leak.....NO. 7 header tube is blown all to hell....see picture....after discussion,,,,fellow racer offers to take it home and weld it back together....header come off very easy...could not believe it...but Qa1 k member and no torsion bar sure helps....I guess all the money i spend on front end pays off..
guy does a beautiful job of welding it back together.....get the header back on in record time..did not have to take starter off either...only had to not tie rod and pitman arm off center link. fire engine 10 minutes before 1st time run...the guy is Justin Crosby from Lancaster Cal....just a shout out for him.....
- After two time runs ...it is elimination time... Tonya ends up running the guy who fixed the headers in round one...he red lights...then a 65 Dart in round 2 who is a few hundred slower than her....He breaks out trying to stay out front...she is good by .01....3rd round....winner get bye into finals...after doing burn out engine shuts off and will not spin over....we found number 8 plug had been hit by piston.....can not turn engine over by hand....SO...................
